I cut the cable TV, curious how to cast my apps on TV?

[Tin]

Does the inbox/Android TV play and catalog MKVs like Kodi does? Specifically with one central shared library on your network?

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Sure, you can install Plex or Kodi on it as a standalone app, and the nVidia Shield is powerful enough to run as a Plex server at the same time. I use both on mine. Shield has a 256-core GPU and a quad core CPU, the most powerful set-top box out there by a long shot. Android TV is pretty damn impressive. DVR capability is coming with Android 6.0. I'll end up installing HDHomerun DVR on my NAS to stash away recordings.

 

[StockNotch]

Sure, you can install Plex or Kodi on it as a standalone app, and the nVidia Shield is powerful enough to run as a Plex server at the same time. I use both on mine. Shield has a 256-core GPU and a quad core CPU, the most powerful set-top box out there by a long shot. Android TV is pretty damn impressive. DVR capability is coming with Android 6.0. I'll end up installing HDHomerun DVR on my NAS to stash away recordings.

You do need to watch the equipment that you run a Plex server on if, you are going to use it a transcoder while having multiple streams.

 

[Tin]

You do need to watch the equipment that you run a Plex server on if, you are going to use it a transcoder while having multiple streams.

Yep. All of my movies and TV shows are in h264, so no transcoding is necessary.

 

[StockNotch]

Yep. All of my movies and TV shows are in h264, so no transcoding is necessary.

I try to do the same thing but, I do have a lot of stuff that was done before h264 and, I can see others grabbing other formats without knowing anything about formats/codecs.

 

[Tin]

I try to do the same thing but, I do have a lot of stuff that was done before h264 and, I can see others grabbing other formats without knowing anything about formats/codecs.

That will be the people still rocking xvid lol

 

[StockNotch]

That will be the people still rocking xvid lol

I do have a good amount of xvid laying around still. I think its safe to say I am a digital hoarder and digitally obese.

 

[Tin]

I do have a good amount of xvid laying around still. I think its safe to say I am a digital hoarder and digitally obese.

I purged mine when h264 caught on. A lot of that xvid didn't look too good on a LCD TV. It was great on CRTs though.

 

[StockNotch]

I purged mine when h264 caught on. A lot of that xvid didn't look too good on a LCD TV. It was great on CRTs though.

I have too much to do that and, a lot of stuff that isn't available in it. Stuff like all the older sitcoms from the 80s and 90s.

If you want, shoot me your email and I'll add you to the libraries.

 

[Tin]

I have too much to do that and, a lot of stuff that isn't available in it. Stuff like all the older sitcoms from the 80s and 90s.

If you want, shoot me your email and I'll add you to the libraries.

Now that I think about it, a lot of it I didn't delete because it was the only format available. I have a lot of shows from the 80s and 90s also along with some documentaries. It was only the movies I was deleting.

 

[Tin]

Bad ass, Plex uses the GPU to transcode on the Shield. https://shield.nvidia.com/blog/plex-media-server GPU transcoding is much faster than CPU transcoding. My buddy uses his video card to convert video files and it takes a fraction of the time his 8-core AMD CPU does. The Shield as a Plex server will be able to support more clients than a typical x86-based server. Put those 256 CUDA cores to work.